In the United States, we say the San Francisco 49ers will probably annihilate the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

In Great Britain, however, where such matters are put in far more genteel terms, the Daily Mail explained to its readers Tuesday that the 49ers "are much fancied to beat the Jaguars this weekend."

Translation: Jacksonville stinks.

The 49ers are favored by 16 1/2 points over the hapless Jaguars (0-7), which could explain why the British press gave scant coverage to the 49ers' arrival in London on Monday. A quick scan through the newspapers at Heathrow Airport revealed only a few paragraphs about the upcoming annihilation, um, game.

Another plausible explanation for the collective media yawn, of course, is that nobody gives a flip about an NFL game five days away when Arsenal and Chelsea both played real football Tuesday night.

By the way, Arsenal lost 2-1 to Dortmund (Germany) on a goal by Robert Lewandowski in the 82nd minute.

I don't know much about Champions League soccer, but I do know this about the passionate crowd at the Portman pub and restaurant in the Marble Arch area of London on Tuesday: They sure didn't fancy that bloody loss.